Frame for buildings



FRAME FOR BUILDINGS Filed June 8. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1.

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Oct. 26 1926. 1,604,605

. F. L. PURDY FRAME FOR BUILDINGS Filed June 8. l926 2 sheets sheatl 2 a :3 m e 0 g o o 5 I} 0 Q. 6 G F 0 I Q i Q A 6 .2

H Q M g 9 O o t7 0 o o o ZSFREDERICK LPURBY AY/o iww p sals 'did not include Patented Oct. 26, 1926.

UNITED, STATES v 1,604,605 PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK L. PURDY, COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FRAME roa surnames. Application filed June 8.

This invention relates to the construction of buildings and particularly to dwellings and such as are designed to have their frames or skeletons of steel or iron and the invention has for its object more especially to provide improvements in details whereby the skeleton is made stronger and provision made for concealing the pipes or conductors for water, gas, electricity or other commodities or services.

Qwing to the high cost of lumber and skilled labor it has been proposed to effect economies by erecting a skeleton for a dwell-' mg made up of small metallic'members or frames of standard and varied dimensions that can be united by bolts or other simple .fastenings not requiring skilled labor and upon this skeleton to apply the weatherexcluding and other covering materials. However'as far as- I am aware such proany or adequate provision for concealing the conductors of do- 'mestic commodities aforesaid nor does it appear thatsuch a structure was as strongly braced; in its walls as desirable. My improvement, therefore; is designed to remedy these defects and is particularly beneficial in the construction of such skeleton because the'unit frames can be made of lighter weight they being firmly supported and at the same time'providing suitable space for the installation and ductors aforesaid.

The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described, the features. of novelty being finally claimed.

In the. accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in combined elevation and vertical section showing a portibn of a frame and wall of.a typical dwelling with my invention embodied therein.

1g. 2 is a diagrammatic projection in horizontal section from Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 1s a vertical, section on a larger scale broken out at points to illustrate possible arrangements of pipes therein.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of. a wall on, say the line IV-IV' Fig. 3.

ig. 5 is a view in elevation on a'larger scale than appears in Fig. 1 broken out at points and looking from the exterior of the dwelling to' show in greater detail the features of the construction.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line VIVI Fig. 5 showing in addition thereto a portion of a partition connected therewlth.

of which as at 10 and 10 located at concealing of the con-- I926. Serial No. 114,472.

Fig. ,7 is VII-VII Fig. 8 is her broken Fig. 9 is her.

The small component or unit frames of the dwelling will be made of various sizes such as indicated at 10, 10 and 10 some points requiring extra strength have diagonal or cross braces or both. The rims of these frames having their backs outward so that the frames can .beQunited by bolts and nuts as seen at 11 in Fig. 4.

To give thickness and strength to the wall and provide space for the installation of conductors as heretofore stated I provide vertically extendingcolumn members consisting of stout strips '12 of a widthproportioned a vertical section on the line Fig. 5 with'brick' veneer added. a side elevation of a column memout according to my invention.

a modified form of column memto the desired thickness of wall and of metal having openings or slots 13 therein. These column strips are provided with one or two reinforcing angle irons 12 along one longitudinal margin riveted or bolted thereto. The column intervals between adjacent frames 10, 10 and so forth, and the lower ends of said column members with the frames footed on the1 fzoundation wall 20 as shown in Figs. 3 an In Fig. 9 the column-is shownto have a lattice form the openings of which should be of sufiicient dimension, number and location to permit the passage of the conductors referred to.

As shown in the drawings the columns when installed project toward the exterior of the building, their outer reinforced margins being outermost and affording surfaces to which the veneer can be bonded.

' Partitions, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 can be constructed ofthe unit frames, such as '10. with short batten plates 12 instead of members are bolted at suitable are constructed of metallic angle bars I the window and door openings Figs. 3 and 6 will indicate how water and gas pipes 16 canbe run from the cellar into and upward and horizontally or laterally therefrom in the spacing afforded by the provision of the column, it being noted that pipes or other conductors can be entended through the slots 13 or other openings ,1n the column stripsflor webs.

The'column members can be used as rafters in the roof as suggested in Fig. 1 where 10 is the frame and 22the web of the column acting asa' rafter.

The exterior of the wall skeleton herein described can be provided with an exterior veneer 17 of. brick, stone or other material.

If the building is to be stuccoed on the exteriorand lastered on the interior the double frame type of construction such as shown for the partition in Figs. 5 and 6 can beused for theouter walls and any type (if lasteror stuccobond applied-thereto.

t theinterior of the skeleton*any suitable form ofi metallic plaster lath 19 is secured to the fifang e'of the frames and the plaster 21 applied thereto.v Before 'applyin the veneer and plasterthe conductors re erred to should all be put in'place and tested, 1t being observed that after those coverlngsare applied-such conductors become concealed. All the parts'of the frame can be manufactured and some of them put together 1n the shop and the parts can, if desired, be

suitably painted or measures taken to render them rust proof either before or after .erec-- tion,

Because the wall is provided-with the column members described the unit frames 10, 10 and'so forth canbe of single angle bar form and of lighter weight than if such frames alone were employed to constitute the skeleton of the wall. The-invention is well adapted in dwelling, construction; in

that it allows for application 'of screens at because of thicknessof wall provided.

Unless otherwise limited the term wall as used in the claims is intended to include a floor or roof structure as well as a side wall or partition. f

The forms of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is: f

1. A- skeleton frame for a wall of a building including metallic open frame units of angle bar, a continuous metallic column member of fiat metal interposed at one marginrbetween adjoining bars of said frame units, means penetrating both the column member and said frame bars for securing them together, the other margin of the column member projecting beyond the plane of the frame units.

2. A skeleton frame for a Wall of a building including metallic open frame units of angle bar, a continuous metallic column member of flat metalinterposed at one margin between adjoining bars of said frame units, means penetrating both the column member and said frame barsfor securing them together, the othermargin of the column member projecting beyond the plane of the frame units, said column member provided with an opening where it pro ects beyond the frame units. 4

3. A skeleton frame for a wall of a building including metallic openframe units of angle bar, a continuous metallic column.

member of flat metal interposed at one margin between adjoining bars of said frame units, means penetrating both the column member and said frame bars securing them together, the other margin of the column member projecting. beyondthe plane of the frame units, said column member provided with a reinforcing angle extension along said projecting margin.

4. A skeleton frame for a wall of a building including metallic open frame units of angle bar, a continuous metallic column member of fiat metal interposed at one margin between adjoining bars of said frame units, means penetrating both the column member and said frame bars securing them together, the other margin of the column member projecting beyond the plane of the frame, said column member provided with an opening and also with a reinforcing angle extension along said projecting margin.

' 5. A skeleton frame for a Wall of a building including two sets of open frame units of angle .bar, said sets spaced from each other in parallel planes, and vertically arranged means between the bars of said frame units connecting said parallel sets of frames, said connecting means affording openings for the horizontal passage of conductors between the two sets of frame units.

6. A skeleton frame for a wall of a building including open" frame units of angle bar, a continuous metallic column strip of flat metal at one margin between the bar of adjoining frame units, means penetratingboth the strlp and the frame bars securing them together the other margin of said strip projecting beyond the plane of the frame units and toward exterior side of the buildlng.

7. A' skeleton frame for a wall of a building including metallic units formed of single angle bars with their backs outermost, a continuous metallic column strip having a flat margin interposed at said margin between adjoining frame'units and means penetrating said margin unitingsaid strip and units, the other margin of said supporting strip standing beyond the plane of the frame units.

FREDERICK Lr PURDY. 

